Jun 16, 2014

A recent Bloomberg report shows Pakistani Software Engineers are earning six times the
average salary as compared to other Pakistanis.

"Pakistani software engineers earn almost six times more than the average worker in their country"

Average Salary in
Pakistan: PKR
10,654.20

Median Salary of Software
Engineer: PKR 59,190.00

*per month

However one main factor
which is ignored in this report that software engineer in Pakistan is a degree
holder student. So logically speaking this comparison is not valid, you can't compare
average salary of a Pakistani with salary of an IT graduate when literacy rate in Pakistan is 57%.

Also this is very important that any person who can read and write is considered literate. So how many will be graduate in 57%? I can't find the exact figures but it can't be more then 20% from total of 57% percent literate people.

I am very sure my assumption is more then the actual figure, let say in this 57% literate people 20% are graduates which means

Total graduates in Pakistan will be: 11%

Illiterate + undergraduates will be: 89%

Now you can't compare the salary of 11% with salary of 89% people.

Is really a Pakistani
Software Engineer earning highest salary?

Answer is NO.

If you compare average
salary of Software Engineers among these 50 countries Pakistan
is on 46. With Switzerland, Norway and USA on top three.

This is one of the major reasons Pakistani Software Engineers want to work in a foreign country.

Median Salary of a Software Engineer in Pakistan: PKR 59,190.00

Median Salary of a Software Engineer in USA: PKR 624,783.3310 x times the salary in Pakistan

*per month

In United Arab Emirates Software Engineer is earning: PKR 238,404.17 4 x times the salary in Pakistan

If we sort the table by Median Annual Salary table will look like this: